Madonna

Madonna

Confessions On A Dancefloor

November 14, 2005

My score: 7 out of 10

Madonna's most recent album, “Confessions On A Dancefloor”, is simply excellent pop music. It is a breath of fresh air in a time when great artists of the past, have slowly become a thing of the past. Managing to 'reinvent' herself, she has come back to do what she does best; a 12 track album of nothing but pop / dance music. Madonna co-wrote and co-produced all tracks, ending up with a brilliant mixture of original beats and classic sounds.

The album is a unique blend of pop, disco and dance beats and is perfect music to dance to in nightclubs. The album is heavily influenced by disco and dance music and the chart-topping hit "Hung Up", samples giant disco band. ABBA's "Gimme, Gimme, Gimme (A Man After Midnight)" and this is the base line of the single. The album is so complete each song moves into the next with you really noticing. One of the tracks I really liked was “Sorry” which has sorry repeated in different languages in the intro and middle. It is a real club track, which has filtered backing vocals and builds and builds into a big crescendo.

Confessions On A Dance Floor is one of Madonna’s best. It is full of attitude and is a fun record, though the lyrics on the album could be better and are quite simple in places. Rhythmically, the album is terrific. The fast pop tracks are reminiscent of her past success and despite nearing fifty, Madonna has continued to be one of the best writers of pop music there is.

I give this album an overall 7 out of 10 because I think it’s fantastic pop music although it’s not necessarily my cup of tea I can appreciate it for what it is, good pop music. Madonna receives a lot criticism in the press but in my view, she has reached iconic status.

Adapted from http://www.music-critic.com/pop/madonnaconfessions.htm